By Computer Patents (Class 342/451)
  • Patent number: 11960016
    Abstract: A diagnosis command and a display of a diagnosis result using a vehicle diagnosis device upon after-sales inspection or during the inspection (EOL) during vehicle production. Using a diagnostic function of a controller related to a digital key or a fob key (e.g., a body domain controller (BDC), an integrated body control unit (IBU), or an identity authentication unit (IAU)) and using an existing method and equipment (e.g., a vehicle diagnosis device), the position of a UWB module is detected to estimate whether the module is in an abnormal state (installation in an incorrect position, deviation from a correct position, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Chul Lim
  • Patent number: 11959994
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire position information indicating first and second installation positions of a plurality of pieces of equipment receive characteristic information of a first piece of equipment obtained from a first propagation characteristic and a second propagation characteristic, and characteristic information of a second piece of equipment obtained from a third propagation characteristic and a fourth propagation characteristic. The processor is configured to estimate a position where each of the first and second pieces of equipment is installed, based on the position information, and the characteristic information of the first and the second piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Sakamoto, Yuki Yonezawa, Tomohiro Tobari, Takanori Kouta
  • Patent number: 11940524
    Abstract: A radar device includes radar transmission and receiving circuits. The radar transmission circuit transmits one or more transmission signals, each having a transmission period Tr. The radar receiving circuit receives one or more reflected signals in which the transmission signals are reflected by an object and estimates a direction of the object based on the reflected signals. The radar transmission circuit includes Nt transmission antennas. A control circuit sets a transmission gap period between a first and second periods, with the transmission gap period being a period during which the transmission signals are not transmitted. The first period is equal to an integral multiple of a period Np, the period Np is equal to or more than Nt times the transmission period Tr, and the second period is set after the first period and is equal to an integral multiple of the period Np.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kishigami, Ryosuke Shiozaki, Hidekuni Yomo, Kenta Iwasa
  • Patent number: 11914060
    Abstract: This application provides a positioning method, apparatus, and device. The method includes: receiving a first positioning reference signal PRS on a first frequency domain resource, where the first frequency domain resource is a frequency domain resource in an unlicensed spectrum; receiving a second PRS on a second frequency domain resource, where the second frequency domain resource is a frequency domain resource in a licensed spectrum; determining, based on the first PRS and the second PRS, a first positioning measurement result corresponding to the first PRS and a second positioning measurement result corresponding to the second PRS; and determining a location of a terminal based on the first positioning measurement result and the second positioning measurement result. The method may be applicable to quickly and accurately determining the location of the terminal without occupying a large quantity of frequency domain resources in the licensed spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Jun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11910185
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for location-based services with data privacy protection. A privacy agent in network communication with a global privacy policy registry is installed on a mobile device. The privacy agent is operable to enforce rules based on privacy agreements when the mobile device is within and/or within a predetermined proximity of one or more geofences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Bennett Hill Branscomb
  • Patent number: 11910273
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for local determination of geo-location data by user devices are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining geo-location data associated with one or more access points within a given proximity of a previously-determined geo-location of a user processing device; detecting one or more access points within the given proximity of the user processing device; comparing the one or more detected access points to the obtained geo-location data; and determining geo-location data associated with the user processing device based at least in part on the comparing of the one or more detected access points to the obtained geo-location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Lynq Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Justin Lange
  • Patent number: 11886398
    Abstract: A data supply chain can include functional blocks, which can automatically perform stages of data supply chain, which can include data discovery catalog, data contract negotiation, data preparation, data authentication and authorization, data usage and metering, data contract settlement, data disposal and data forensics and reporting. Information from one or more of the stages can be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami, Raj K. Nooyi
  • Patent number: 11828865
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a serving cell operating on a first frequency, an inter-frequency communication gap configuration specifying at least one period of time during which the UE is permitted to tune from the first frequency to a second frequency to perform a positioning operation, wherein one or more neighboring cells of the serving cell are operating on the second frequency, tunes from the first frequency to the second frequency at a start of the at least one period of time, and performs, during the at least one period of time, the positioning operation on the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11810128
    Abstract: A system for providing resource material to a customer service representative [CSR], including a database storing a plurality of resources associated with one or more customer service contexts, a memory storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to analyze an on-going communication including a customer service request received from a customer; determine a context of the request based on the analysis and historical data associated with the customer determined to be associated with the communication, automatically identify, based on the context of the request, a resource in the database associated with the determined context; and display, via a user interface in real-time during the communication, the resource associated with the customer service request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence Douglas
  • Patent number: 11782121
    Abstract: A wireless communications device (100) includes a wireless interface (122) for conducting wireless communications with one or more network nodes (110) of a wireless communications network (102). The wireless communications device (100) further includes a control circuit (118) configured to receive a plurality of reference signals transmitted by the one or more network nodes (110), measure the plurality of reference signals to generate a plurality of positioning measurements, associate the plurality of positioning measurements with beam information, and select a set of positioning measurements with associated beam information for determining a positioning estimate of the wireless communications device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Basuki Priyanto, Peter Karlsson, Anders Berggren
  • Patent number: 11774546
    Abstract: Techniques for determining the position of an endpoint when a signal from the endpoint is received by multiple receive beams are described. According to some embodiments, the ratios of receive beam amplitudes for symbols received from the endpoint are compared to an ideal ratio that assumes no interference. Since the ideal ratio is indexed to the endpoint's position, the position of the endpoint can be estimated by comparing the calculated ratios to the ideal ratio. Endpoint position accuracy is further improved in some embodiments by using multiple spatially separated antenna arrays that jointly beamform. Embodiments described herein advantageously provide as good as, or better than, GPS-level accuracy without requiring an impractically large number of antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hubble Network Inc.
    Inventor: Ben Juda Wild
  • Patent number: 11774543
    Abstract: Provided is an equipment registration terminal comprising: a position determination unit configured to determine a position of the equipment registration terminal; a positioning means storage unit configured to store information on a positioning means to determine the position of the equipment registration terminal; an error estimation unit configured to estimate a positioning error in the position of the equipment registration terminal based on the information on the positioning means; and an equipment registration unit configured to register, in registration of a position of equipment to be registered by using the position of the equipment registration terminal, an error in the position of the equipment based on the positioning error, in an associated manner. The positioning means storage unit may store information indicating a positioning method in the positioning means, and the error estimation unit may estimate the positioning error according to the positioning method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ema, Yoshitaka Yoshida, Soichiro Konada, Takaaki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11747431
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle positioning method, including: a first controller synchronously controlling each first beacon node to send a detection initial signal; a second controller determining a target beacon node among second beacon nodes and controlling the target beacon node to send a detection feedback signal; the first controller synchronously controlling each first beacon node to send a corresponding detection signal to be responded and recording a first moment of sending the detection signal to be responded; the second controller controlling the target beacon node to send a detection response signal; the first controller recording a second moment of receiving the detection response signal and determining a distance between each first beacon node and the target beacon node according to the first moment and the second moment, so as to determine a position of the target beacon node relative to the first vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Tang, Jiuyang Cheng, Lijia Zhou, Quanguo Zhou, Lirong Xu
  • Patent number: 11733367
    Abstract: The system and method for chromatic correlation interferometry direction finding (CIDF) used to resolve ambiguities. Ambiguities are overcome by correlating over a range of frequencies. In some cases, multiple (i.e., 2 or more) frequencies or a continuous range of frequencies are used to make a more robust correlation manifold. As the complex response manifold is frequency dependent, using a set of two or more manifolds provides a significant reduction of false peaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Zemany, David P. Charette, Matthew F. Chrobak, Court E. Rossman
  • Patent number: 11719781
    Abstract: The location system includes two measurers apart from each other and configured to measure first and second variables in accordance with times of arrival of radio waves and first reception strengths, respectively; a memory configured to store first data associating a plurality of zones with first and second reference variables corresponding to times of arrivals of radio waves with respect to the two measurers for a case where the radio waves are transmitted from the plurality of zones, and second data associating the plurality of zones with first and second reference reception strengths with respect to the two measurers for the case where the radio waves are transmitted from the plurality of zones; and a processor configured to identify from among the plurality of zones a zone having a highest probability of including a position from where radio waves are transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakajima, Satoshi Hayasaka, Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11710421
    Abstract: A racing coach device stores a first path of travel along a racetrack over a first time period and a second path of travel along the racetrack over a second time period. The racing coach device identifies, for each of a plurality of geolocations along the racetrack, one of the first path of travel or the second path of travel that is associated with a shorter duration of time over which the user traversed a segment of the path of travel associated with each of the plurality of geolocations. The device determines an optimal path of travel along the racetrack based on the identified first and second path of travel for each segment of the path of travel at each of the plurality of geolocations that results in a calculated lap time to traverse the racetrack that is less than the first time period and the second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Adam J. Spence, Joseph R. Avey, David J. Frank
  • Patent number: 11681009
    Abstract: Method of reducing multipath effects on phase measurements, including receiving radio signals with different pseudo-random codes transmitted by at least four base stations, each at particular frequency received by one channel; measuring delay difference and phase difference from different pairs of base stations; calculating a current position of the receiver based on the measured phase differences and delay differences, wherein the base stations differ in pseudo-random codes at same frequencies or differ in carrier frequency or polarization type if using the same pseudo-random codes, and wherein a number of channels in the receiver exceeds a number of channels needed for the calculating of the current position; detecting anomalous jumps in phase of one or more channels, based on first or second derivative of the phase, as being indicative of multipath signal reception; removing those channels from calculation of current position; and calculating current position based on remaining channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolay Afanasyevich Vazhenin, Fedor Borisovich Serkin, Andrey Vladimirovich Veitsel
  • Patent number: 11678137
    Abstract: A contact and ranging system includes a first device that includes a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and a controller to control the first transceiver and the second transceiver of the first device. The first device is operable to determine a distance between the first device and a second device. The first transceiver is configured to perform a discovery operation. Other devices are discovered and added to a list of paired devices. A ranging schedule for each paired device in the list of paired devices is determined. The second transceiver is configured to perform a ranging operation. The ranging and response transmissions are transmitted and received by a pair of devices, such that a range between the pair of devices is determined based upon a time of flight between the pair of devices. The range between the pair of devices is matched with a timestamp and stored in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Fleetwood Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Harvey, Jason T. Grant, Travis Wilson, Nicholas Hayhoe, Warren Guthrie, Nicholas A. Schrock, John G. Videtich
  • Patent number: 11665621
    Abstract: A system for restricting access to a mobile communications network by mobile communications devices within a restricted area includes one or more transmitters, one or more designated test mobile communications devices, and an access control entity. The access control entity is arranged to determine, using first measurement data received from one of the designated test mobile communications devices, whether one of the one or more transmitters is positioned correctly and functioning correctly for restricting the access to the mobile communications network by the mobile communications devices in the restricted area. The access control entity is further arranged to decide, based on second measurement data received from a second mobile communications device which is not a designated test mobile communications device, whether or not to provide the second mobile communication device with access to a service of the mobile communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CellXion Ltd
    Inventors: Anthony Timson, Michael Mcternan
  • Patent number: 11635484
    Abstract: It is disclosed to obtain a frequency transformed radiomap data set by applying a discrete frequency transform to an original radiomap data set. It is also disclosed to obtain a reconstructed radiomap data set by applying an inverse discrete frequency transform to a frequency transformed radiomap data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Jukka Talvitie, Elena-Simona Lohan
  • Patent number: 11630182
    Abstract: A system and method for a second wireless device to establish distance and location of a first device which is transmitting radio waves includes the first and second devices. Each second device includes two or more (N in number) receiving antennas. An angle between the directions in which adjacent receiving antennas receive the strongest signals is 360°/N. The second device obtains a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of each receiving antenna receiving signals from the first device, and from the two strongest receiving antennas, calculation of an angle between the first device and one of the adjacent receiving antennas can be performed. The distance between the first device and the second device can also be calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Jen Lin, Ming-Chieh Cheng
  • Patent number: 11614339
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a display configured to display a mesh of mesh information based on longitude and latitude. A mesh is composed of a plurality of blocks. The mesh information includes area information about a traveling area where a moving body can travel. The area information is the additional information added to each of the plurality of blocks. The additional information is the display information that is weighted and sorted, based on the number of overlapping points of the plurality of locus logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MICWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Ito, Michihiro Nishida
  • Patent number: 11585939
    Abstract: Techniques for transmitting global navigation satellite system (GNSS) correction data to a rover. GNSS signals are wirelessly received by a base station from one or more GNSS satellites. GNSS correction data is generated by the base station based on the GNSS signals. A beacon frame is formed by the base station to include a frame header, a frame body, and a frame check sequence (FCS). The frame body is formed to include the GNSS correction data. The beacon frame is wirelessly transmitted by the base station for receipt by the rover. The rover wirelessly receives the beacon frame. The GNSS correction data is extracted by the rover from the beacon frame. A geospatial position of the rover is calculated based on the GNSS correction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Trimble Inc.
    Inventors: Curt A. Conquest, David Bird
  • Patent number: 11573285
    Abstract: Methods are provided for determining a positioning of a portable device including first and second sensor(s) each having a confidence. These methods include: receiving first and second signals from the first and second sensor(s), respectively; generating positional data representing positional conditions of the portable device and including first and second positional data respectively from the first and second signals, by modelling the received signals based on predefined models defining a correspondence between predefined signals and predefined positional data; comparing the first and second positional data to determine a difference between them; adjusting the confidence of the sensors by determining a new confidence depending on a previous confidence and the determined difference between positional data; weighting the generated positional data depending on corresponding confidences; and determining the positioning of the portable device based on the weighted generated positional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SITUM TECHNOLOGIES, S.L.
    Inventors: Adrian Canedo Rodriguez, Victor Álvarez Santos, Cristina Gamallo Solórzano
  • Patent number: 11567214
    Abstract: In one implementation, first and second messages are received that include encoded position information for a transmitter. It is determined that both were received within some time of a previous message and that the second message was received within some time of the first message. A first location of the transmitter is determined based on the encoded position in the first message and the previously determined location. A second location of the transmitter is determined based on the encoded position in the second message and the previously determined location. It also is determined that the first and second locations are within a threshold distance. An updated second location of the transmitter is determined based on the encoded position information in the second message and the first location. A determination is made that the second location and the updated second location are within a threshold distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: AIREON LLC
    Inventors: John Dolan, Michael A. Garcia
  • Patent number: 11550020
    Abstract: A method of localizing a mobile body (MB) in a known environment, includes the following steps: a) defining an occupancy grid (G) modeling the environment; b) defining a set of position grids (?) each position grid being associated to a heading of the mobile body; c) receiving a time series of measurements (z1, z2, . . . ) from a distance sensor carried by the mobile body; and d) upon receiving a measurement of the time series, updating the pose probabilities of the position grids as a function of present values of the occupancy probabilities and of the received measurement; wherein step d) is carried out by applying an inverse sensor model to the received measurement, while considering the distance sensor co-located with a detected obstacle and by applying Bayesian fusion to update the pose probabilities of the position grids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Roxana Dia, Suzanne Lesecq
  • Patent number: 11550025
    Abstract: A method of determining a new position for a node. The node having a distance measuring radio. A list of positions of a plurality of neighboring nodes is obtained. The geometric relationship of the positions in the list and the predicted position of node is analyzed. A subset of the nodes is selected from the list that is less than the total number of modes in the list. Electronic distance measurements from the node to each of the subset of nodes are performed. A new position of the node is determined utilizing the measured distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SECOND BRIDGE INC.
    Inventors: Dennis Palatov, Marc Ganouna, Pete Stoppani
  • Patent number: 11499831
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein enable a mobile device to accurately locate where the mobile device is located indoors by measuring geomagnetic fields, and tracing relative changes in the magnetic fields as the mobile device is moved. The relative changes can be compared to a fingerprint signal map, and a trace of a portion of the path can be determined by matching the relative changes in the magnetic fields to relative changes in the fingerprint signal map. A collection of the path portions can then be connected by determining a shortest path that connects each of the path portions. In another embodiment, a step counter can also be used to constrain possible locations, and fuse the geomagnetic field and step counter information for joint indoor localization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shueng Han Gary Chan, Hang Wu
  • Patent number: 11480645
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a plurality of wireless communication sections, each of which is configured to wirelessly receive a signal from another communication device; and a control section configured to detect a specific element in chronological information based on respective pulse signals received by the plurality of wireless communication sections, on the basis of respective pieces of chronological information including, as elements related to time, information that chronologically changes and that is obtained when the plurality of wireless communication sections receive the respective pulse signals transmitted from the other communication device, verify whether each of a plurality of the detected specific elements is based on the pulse signal coming through a shortest path, and estimate an angle from which the pulse signal has come while using axes extending from reference point, on the basis of the plurality of specific elements that are verified as elements based on the pulse signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yoshiki Oishi, Satoshi Mori, Kenichi Koga, Tatsuya Koike
  • Patent number: 11467252
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a service receives signal data indicative of phases and gains associated with wireless signals received by one or more antennas located in a particular area. The service determines, from the received signal data, changes in the phases and gains associated with the wireless signals. The service estimates a direction of motion of one or more objects located in the particular area, based on the determined changes in the gains associated with the wireless signals. The service estimates a total mass of the one or more objects located in the particular area based on a ratio of the determined changes in the gains associated with the wireless signals over the determined changes in the phases associated with the wireless signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Maluf, David Delano Ward
  • Patent number: 11454512
    Abstract: A system, a transportation vehicle, a network component, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a transportation vehicle and a network component. The method for a transportation vehicle and for verifying a proposed route includes determining an exceptional traffic situation based on an environmental model for the transportation vehicle and transmitting information related to the exceptional traffic situation to a network component using a mobile communication system. The method also includes receiving information related to a proposed route from a network component, and verifying the proposed route based on the environmental model of the transportation vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Ahmad El Assaad, Daniel Reimann, Guillaume Jornod
  • Patent number: 11445469
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining a position of a wireless device in a wireless communication network are provided. The method includes obtaining a first sequence of Time Difference of Arrivals (TDOAs) at the wireless device of reference signals, which are transmitted by and used for synchronization of a first pair of network nodes; and determining, based on the first sequence of TDOAs, a first relative distance. The method also includes obtaining a second sequence of TDOAs at the wireless device of reference signals, which are transmitted by and used for synchronization of a second pair of network nodes; and determining, based on the first sequence of TDOAs, a second relative distance. The method further includes determining the position of the wireless device based on the first and second relative distances. Corresponding computer programs and computer program carriers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Satyam Dwivedi, Henrik Asplund, Jonas Medbo, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ali Zaidi, Sara Modarres Razavi
  • Patent number: 11442136
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed with the method including obtaining positioning data collection condition information representing positioning data collection condition(s) for collecting positioning data for updating and/or generating a positioning map. The method includes obtaining or holding available historical sensor information representing behavioral and/or environmental pattern(s) that were detected by sensor(s) of a mobile device and determining mapping information representing, for each behavioral and/or environmental pattern, whether or not at least one positioning data collection condition was met. The method also includes obtaining current sensor information representing a behavioral and/or environmental pattern that is currently detected by the sensor(s) and determining, at least partially based on the current sensor information and the mapping information, whether positioning data should be collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Henri Jaakko Julius Nurminen, Pavel Ivanov, Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola
  • Patent number: 11415659
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes obtaining a request for determining a position estimate of a certain position. With the request, the certain position of a single apparatus is requested. The method also includes obtaining or determining a deviate information indicative of an offset that is added to the position estimate to be determined. The method further includes determining the position estimate based at least partially on the deviate information and the fingerprint information. The position estimate is indicative of a position with an uncertainty radius. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer readable storage medium and system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Petri Rauhala, Ari Ilkka Antero Hännikäinen, Matias Mikkola, Juha Kaitaniemi
  • Patent number: 11385320
    Abstract: In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a localization system is provided for determining a geographic location of a movable object, the system comprising: a plurality of anchors, wherein each anchor is configured to receive a broadcasted message through an ultra-wideband communication channel; a processing unit configured to determine the geographic location based on differences between the times of arrival of the broadcasted message at the respective anchors, on relative positions of the anchors and on a predetermined orientation of the movable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Ghiath Al-kadi, Ulrich Andreas Muehlmann, Michael Schober
  • Patent number: 11385319
    Abstract: Disclosed is an approach for improving positioning quality via a feedback loop between a radio-based positioning system and a client device, such as a tracking system. In particular, the tracking system or other client device may request and then receive a position estimate from the positioning system. The tracking system could then make a determination that the position estimate is incorrect, such as by determining that it is an outlier relative to a location trace, for instance. Responsive to this determination, the tracking system may transmit, to the position system, an indication of radio node(s) associated with the incorrect position estimate. Based on this indication, the positioning system could then exclude one or more of those radio node(s) from a radio map, thereby improving quality of the radio map and in turn quality of future position estimates, among other advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Mika Viitala, Marko Luomi
  • Patent number: 11328797
    Abstract: The locations of electronic devices in an institutional facility are determined based on interaction with the wireless mobile devices of users who roam though the facility and interact with (or are detected by) the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: IMPRIVATA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael S. Saulnier, Robert Calder
  • Patent number: 11320512
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining or holding available a radio map that has been determined based on radio node observation data of radio signals emitted from radio nodes of a radio node network. The method obtains asset observation data of one or more radio signals that have been emitted from an asset and observed by radio nodes of the radio node network. The method also determines a position estimate of the asset based on the asset observation data and the radio map. A corresponding system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Mikko Blomqvist
  • Patent number: 11317246
    Abstract: An example system connects to a location engine in a mesh network, transmits a first message indicating a bus master service hosted by a bus master, and receives a message indicating a location service hosted by a location engine and an aggregation service hosted by an aggregator connected to the location engine. The bus master stores a first entry corresponding to the location service and a second entry corresponding to the aggregation service. The bus master transmits a request to access the location service; receives a response confirming a subscription to the location service; and receives timing data indicating times at which the multiple receivers in a clinical environment received a wireless signal from a tag. The bus master aggregates the timing data into a data stream and transmits data stream to the location service in accordance with the subscription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Britten J. Pipher, Kenzi L. Mudge, Frederick Collin Davidson
  • Patent number: 11275148
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for obtaining location data for a sensor fusion device. The techniques include transmitting or receiving a signal from or to the sensor fusion device. The techniques also include obtaining angle-based location data, based on the signal and on an angle-based location finding technique. The techniques also include determining location data for the sensor fusion device or an auxiliary device associated with the sensor fusion device, based on the angle-based location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Galen Sartain, Adam H. Li, Bruce Montag
  • Patent number: 11215102
    Abstract: A radio frequency sensor system comprising a housing defining a resonant cavity. Radio frequency probe(s) in the cavity transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals. A radio frequency control unit is in communication with the radio frequency probe(s) for determining one or more states of the radio frequency sensor system based on changes in the characteristics of the radio frequency signals. A machine learning system is in communication with the radio frequency control unit for identifying and developing transfer functions and calibrations based on the changes in the characteristics of the radio frequency signals and determining the one or more states of the radio frequency sensor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventors: Paul A. Ragaller, Alexander G. Sappok, Leslie Bromberg
  • Patent number: 11218839
    Abstract: A method and a device for zone-based localization of mobile devices are described. In an example, a zone from amongst a plurality of zones of an indoor space in which a mobile device is present is identified. The identification of the can be based on instantaneous localization information obtained from the mobile device. Further, a localization criterion to be employed for localizing the mobile device is determined based on the identified zone. The localization criterion may be indicative of a selectivity in use of sensor data for localizing the mobile device. Subsequently, the mobile device is localized in the indoor space, based on the localization criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MAPSTED CORP.
    Inventors: Sean Huberman, Joshua Karon, Vera Miller
  • Patent number: 11181607
    Abstract: In a geolocation system, ancillary parameter values, i.e., those produced during the geolocation process but not directly related to the calculation of the geolocation, are recorded and stored. These “ancillary” parameter values include signal characterization data and secondary measurements produced in the calculation of the geolocation. These parameter values are processed, in one approach, with respect to a weighted matrix in order to determine a confidence or fidelity value of the determined geolocation. Confidence is an indication of the likelihood that the geolocation result produced is in fact the desired target and that the identified location has a reasonable degree of quality so as to be practical or accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Shawn Henderson, Jerry Hosterman, Steven Eslinger, Megan J. Roberts
  • Patent number: 11175370
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for emitter geolocation. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes measuring phase differences between radar signals received at one or more pairs of antennas. The method also includes calculating hypothesized phase differences based on ray tracings from hypothesized emitter locations at a first set of grid points, to the antennas. The method further includes generating scores based on correlations between the measured phase differences and the hypothesized phase differences. The method further includes generating an error ellipse based on candidate grid points associated with scores that are above a threshold. The process may be repeated on a second set of grid points, bounded by the error ellipse, to generate a second set of scores. The grid point, from the second set of grid points, that is associated with the highest of the second set of scores is selected as the estimated emitter geolocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Schiffmiller, Eleanna Georgiadis
  • Patent number: 11170596
    Abstract: A system for locating an object in a volume of space can include a communication device of the object disposed in the volume of space, where the communication device broadcasts a first communication signal into the volume of space, where the first communication signal includes a first identification of the object. The system can also include multiple integrated sensor devices disposed in the volume of space, where each integrated sensor device includes at least one sensor, at least one receiver, and at least one transmitter, where the at least one receiver of a subset of the integrated sensor devices receives the first communication signal, where each of the subset determines a signal strength of the first communication signal. The system can further include at least one access controller that receives at least one second communication signal sent by the subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Peyton Riley, Jonathan Whitten, Harold Allen
  • Patent number: 11134368
    Abstract: A system for appending an emergency call (e.g., E911) with a location is described herein. The system appends the emergency call to a public safety answering point (PSAP) with a location from which the E911 call occurred. A user equipment (UE), which places the emergency call, connects to the beacon via short-range communication and acquires the location from a beacon. The UE transmits the location to the PSAP via a telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Ming Lan
  • Patent number: 11044578
    Abstract: In a general aspect, a method is presented for detecting a location of motion using wireless signals that propagate along two or more paths of a wireless communication channel. The method includes storing a set of eigenvectors derived from first motion-sensing data associated with a first time frame. The first motion-sensing data is associated with a first motion-sensing topology of a wireless mesh network. The method also includes obtaining a motion vector based on wireless signals transmitted between access point nodes in the wireless mesh network during a second, subsequent time frame. The wireless mesh network operates in a second, distinct motion-sensing topology during the second time frame. The motion vector is compared with the respective eigen vectors, and a probability vector is generated based on the comparison. A location of the motion of the object during the second time frame is determined based on the probability vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Cognitive Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Mohammad Omer
  • Patent number: 11029385
    Abstract: A tracking system for use in head-mounted display apparatus includes at least one emitter that emits signals; a first receiver and a second receiver that sense the emitted signals and generate sensor data, the first receiver and the second receiver being arranged on a first portion and a second portion, respectively, wherein the first portion faces a user when the head-mounted display apparatus is worn by the user, and the second portion is a part of a user-interaction controller of a head-mounted display; and a processor configured to process the generated sensor data to determine relative positions and orientations of first receiver and second receiver with respect to the emitter, and to determine a relative position and orientation of the second receiver with respect to the first receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Varjo Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Urho Konttori, Klaus Melakari
  • Patent number: 11012166
    Abstract: A radio wave environment analysis device includes: a processor configured to analyze a radio wave environment corresponding to a radio wave transmitted from a wireless transmitter arranged within an area including observation points using a scattering body having a volume of an initial value or higher; and a memory configured to store the radio wave environment at each of observation points of an area where based on the analysis. The processor is configured to: analyze the radio wave environment using a scattering body having a volume reduced by a first predetermined value, and terminate the analysis if a difference between first and second radio wave environments at each observation point based on analyses using the scattering bodies before and after reduction of the volume, respectively, is equal to or lower than a second predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taichi Hamabe
  • Patent number: 11009358
    Abstract: A travel coordination system provides suggestions to providers for where they should go to reduce the wait time between trips. A geographic region is broken down into zones and a score is generated for each zone. A zone score can be generated by determining the estimated wait time for the zone and generating a model for the wait time. A zone score can also be generated using a model for the wait time using factors that likely contribute to the wait time. The zone score for each zone is displayed to the provider on a road map of the geographic region along with the boundaries of each of the zones and the provider's position within the region. The travel coordination system also suggests driving routes. The travel coordination system selects a target zone and generates candidate routes to the zone. A route is selected based on route scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eoin O'Mahony, John Mark Nickels, Brent Goldman, Jeff Holden